CPTV and, Sorry, I Couldn't Control Myself

I know I promised you all that I would never mention the end of the UConn-Tennessee series again. I also promised I wouldn't eat cake after 7 p.m. How do you think that's going?

On the day that the long-awaited CPTV schedule was finally released by the network, the Courant is going to have a story tommorrow morning that proves that Pat's decision to can the game disappointed some very important people in women's basketball.

Not only that, but it cost the sport a major marketing opportunity that had the potential to bring the game much-needed visibility in the male-dominated world.

But that's all I can say right now.

As for CPTV, well, it continues to be a great time to be a UConn women's basketball fan. The Huskies will be on the public broadcasting network 21 times this season, including two great bonuses - the preseason game against the USA National Team at Gampel Pavilion Nov. 2 and the entire three-game package from the Paradise Jam Tournament in the U.S. Virgin Islands during Thanksgiving week. That includes games against Stanford (Nov. 22) and Old Dominion (Nov. 23) and another Nov. 25 against an opponent that will be determined by play during the week.

This represents a major coup for CPTV, which as recently as last month did not think it would be able to make the financial arrangements with tournament organizers necessary to broadcast what should be a great early test for the Huskies, who have already been ranked No. 1 in preseason polls - Athlon and Women's Basketball Magazine.

The Huskies are also going to have five games televised by ESPN2, one by CBS (Jan. 6 at Purdue), one on CSTV (at Rutgers on Feb. 5) and one on ESPNU.

Add it all up to find that every game but the one at Syracuse on Jan. 15 will be on some kind of public, commercial or cable outlet. And you can expect that game to be added to the CPTV schedule once details get ironed out.

The Big East Tournament championship game will also be televised on ESPN2 on March 11 from the Civic Center.

ESPNU still is not available for most of the state of Connecticut. The UConn football game at Virginia last week was on ESPNU, yet the taxpayers who foot the bill for UConn were unable to watch the game on their home cable system. Looks like 4 or 5 men's basketball games are on ESPNU in addition to the 1 women's game this season. Last year the tournaments were on ESPNU. What can we do to get ESPNU on our cable systems? After all, ESPN home is Connecticut. UConn should not be signing any television agreements if the games can't be watched by the majority of the people in the State of Connecticut. And if Jeff Hathaway doesn't know that, shame on him.

Geeze Zow I did not realize how much I hated Tennessee. Quick if
we can't have Pat and her wonderful team Geno must give us another team as
an injection to smooth our sincere
sense of loss.
I know get over it but divorce is
Hell.